THE GREAT FIND IN THE ROYAL NECROPOLIS OF THEBES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 47, 24 February 1923, Page 17

THE GREAT FIND IN THE ROYAL NECROPOLIS OF THEBES.

The iW.Jr«m| k.. U« a m.4. fr. m L«J Canama'i «w> f™^ ,- ? SH •*«• »am«rl«y. 6mi of fmormrr hrmtwrm i. thm tomb «f Kin, TM-uMiiimi. Th« drmwn« akowa i> a*ctto» th* «nt mmi Mnad clmmUhi taw view m tadrm tmm the tomtk loolriat to th« ■ortk, th. firrt duunber b«h« o> th« tight hmrnd. ua ik Need or mar chuabwr oat tk* left. TW t.truc. tkroach which Mr. Howard Carter u4 Urd Cwwrroa fint Yimw4 tlua •xtraoWßfiairr Mgkt ia . imi'\ ialli — tfc«-arti■■■ i i&ki^ftlm-- fcrt two ■■WwJlag httarw which a«et tho ero or. the two lllcwai»>J ««e4n SatirM Uμ aaUmca to the at preM«t «*H«riM of the toaah. Tkt* tawl erect a»4 hoW a «eM h.«| . MM h. the ether the aceatre tlfitei of iaheritaece. A third openiat leeea to the eecoml chamber, which » «taf e4 «mM h»«h with a aaae» of chain,

aUharter vaaes, inlaid box**, aad other oruatitil hnutar*. These wOI bo examined wheat the rick treasure of the first chamber ha* been taken out and treated witk preparatione which will preaerre them for future ages. Fronting one aa one enters are three royal ceremonial couches, raised kigk on their carved leg*: the one nearest to the spectator ia known as the lion c*uch (underneath this bed or conch is the splendid royal throne, perhaps the meet remarkable of all the discoveries yet examined; tka back panel of k afcowa the Kins and Qneen protected by Aton rays. The chair U inlaid witk semi-proclona carved atones) j neat, tka Typkoß cenck (ideaUfiW witk Set, a somewhat evil-dispoaed brother of O.iH*); further off ia the Hat-hor eoack. In tke centre «f tkaj room lies the richly embroidered royal robei tke •emi-preciou* atones with which it is decorated are arranged in diamond shape. Near it, on the top of another boa, are two silver boomerangs. In a group in front

of the doorway leading to the galleries U a' pair of fine alabaster vases of peculiarly attractire design; from the fluted body of the tihi rise extraordinarily deader •hafta bearing lota* flower*. These two vases have been cat from solid blocks of alabaster. Further interesting features are the boxes of roses still preserved for as through the three thousand years which separate us fron Tut-ankh-amen's funeral. la the foreground (that is, the south-eastern ckraer of the tomb) lie four heavily-gilded chariots dismantled, their wheels and shafts being ailed up in close proximity. Inset, in the upper left hand comer, is a sketch plan of the, tomb.' The approximate measurement* are: The passage, 24ft; first chamber, 25ft to 30ft, by 15ft to 18ft; second chamber is shorter, with a height of from 10ft to lift.- On the left » reproduced the cartouche of Tut-aakb-ainen, as drawn by Lord Carnarvon himself. From the "Sphere."